Definition of picker-up in English:

picker-up

noun

Australian, NZ

A worker who gathers up shorn fleeces during sheep shearing.
at the finish, the picker-up washes the shearing board with disinfectant
Example sentencesExamples
- Boys received less than adults, and piece-pickers and wool-rollers were often paid more than pickers-up, penners, and sweepers.
- I had the humble task of a picker-up of the shorn fleeces.
- ‘First came the shearers, then the wool rollers and piece pickers, then the
- He mumbles about complaining to the union rep because a picker-up was going into a shearer's pen and helping him.
- The pickers-up were responsible for gathering the belly wool and the fleeces from the shearing stands.
- The picker-up should be instructed not to allow large quantities of lower lines to accumulate on the board prior to the finish of the day.
- A picker-up will have no difficulty in performing these duties for four shearers.
- Abbott wanted wool-rollers and piece-pickers cut to 25 shillings and all other shedhands reduced to 20 shillings.
- The wool classer instructs and supervises the pickers-up as far as concerns their duty in picking up the fleeces.
- The duties of the picker-up are to pick up the fleeces when shorn, sweep the board, and separate the pieces, locks, stains, and bellies from the floor sweepings.

单词	picker-up
释义	Definition of picker-up in English: picker-up noun Australian, NZ A worker who gathers up shorn fleeces during sheep shearing. at the finish, the picker-up washes the shearing board with disinfectant Example sentencesExamples Boys received less than adults, and piece-pickers and wool-rollers were often paid more than pickers-up, penners, and sweepers. I had the humble task of a picker-up of the shorn fleeces. ‘First came the shearers, then the wool rollers and piece pickers, then the He mumbles about complaining to the union rep because a picker-up was going into a shearer's pen and helping him. The pickers-up were responsible for gathering the belly wool and the fleeces from the shearing stands. The picker-up should be instructed not to allow large quantities of lower lines to accumulate on the board prior to the finish of the day. A picker-up will have no difficulty in performing these duties for four shearers. Abbott wanted wool-rollers and piece-pickers cut to 25 shillings and all other shedhands reduced to 20 shillings. The wool classer instructs and supervises the pickers-up as far as concerns their duty in picking up the fleeces. The duties of the picker-up are to pick up the fleeces when shorn, sweep the board, and separate the pieces, locks, stains, and bellies from the floor sweepings.
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